I’m going to tell you a story.
It started with two men. One was War, and another was Peace.
One was living in a peaceful environment. But his purpose in life was to fight. He started his way as a sickly little man, but he was always getting into fights, no matter how big and dangerous was the opponent, and despite the inability to win. He couldn’t stop, because he believed that if he gave up once, he would do it all his life.
A big war started and the man did everything he could to become a soldier and fight there. He lied and violated laws for the sake of his desire. He wasn’t thinking about consequences. He wasn’t thinking how he would endanger his fellow soldiers in fight, by being physically unfit, being unable to keep up with their pace, and refusing to obey orders if he doesn’t like them.
But he got lucky – he met a scientist who made him stronger than any other men. Now he became worthy of war. He got what he wanted – he fought many battles, defeated many powerful enemies, and reached glory as the greatest soldier who ever lived. But close was the end of the war, and peaceful life for our soldier. And in the last battle he saved the world, but despite it was unnecessary for him to give his life, he made a decision to die with the weapon of mass destruction that he destroyed.
Another man all his life lived in a military environment. His father left him a military industrial company to run, his friends were all connected to the armed forces. He was creating weapons and military equipment and was the best in his field. He thought that war – his purpose in life and peace would rob him of his purpose.
One day an old friend he trusted betrayed him. He tried to kill him using the weapons of the man’s own creation. A young soldier died in front of him, with a gesture of peace. But our man got lucky – a scientist saved his life and inspired him to create something better than a weapon. He realized that war was not his true purpose, but rather the purpose of his old friend that betrayed him.
So he made a decision to become a warrior. Not in the armed forces, but in his soul. He stopped selling weapons and created armor, to become strong enough to fight. He defeated the man who betrayed him, and almost gave his life for not letting the man create more unrest in the world. From then on, the man always carried the gesture of peace that the young soldier used before he died.
Time passed. The first man returned to life. Century changed, but not his purpose. He was asked to fight in a war again. So was the second man. They fought side by side against a common enemy and became a team.
In one of the wars they fought together, they met an enemy who showed them their greatest fears. One’s fear was War - death and destruction. His friends died, and he lived. He feared not to be able to save them. Another’s fear was Peace – he saw that war ended and he was called to go home. He was afraid that he will become useless without war, that peace would rob him of his purpose.
The one who feared War tried to find a solution on how to prevent it. He tried to convince the another that it was better to prevent war than to let it happen. But another man was not the right one to help him, because that goal was his own greatest fear. Their paths were separated.
But fate brought them together again to fight their last battle. And one finally gave up War and accepted Peace, and another died for it.
origamiaround
blakekathryn
gracieabrams
titsay
stormborns
snowghoul
